Beirut Event -- Lebanon in the 1940s and 1950s: A Panel Discussion (28 July 2015)

Join us in Beirut for a panel of presentations dealing with state formation, public institutions, and social mobilizations in the first fifteen years since the formal end of the French of mandate in 1943. This event is the public component of a two-day research workshop on the early independence period of Lebanon. Co-convened by Ziad Abu-Rish and Mona Harb, the workshop brings together fourteen scholars of diverse disciplinary training and topical foci whose research directly addresses the institutional dynmaics of state formation and social mobilizations in Lebanon during the 1943-1958 period. In order to highlight some of the research questions and analytic findings of this scholarly gathering, the organizers are pleased to present a public panel featuring a small selection of the workshop participants and presentations: